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Arabian Contracting Services Co (SAU:4071) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.81 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Arabian Contracting Services Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Arabian Contracting Services Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ﷼748 Mil. Arabian Contracting Services Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ﷼2,278 Mil. Arabian Contracting Services Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ﷼1,077 Mil. Arabian Contracting Services Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.81.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Arabian Contracting Services Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

SAU:4071' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.59   Med: 2.59   Max: 4.16
Current: 3.23

During the past 4 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Arabian Contracting Services Co was 4.16. The lowest was 1.59. And the median was 2.59.

SAU:4071's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
66.72% of 679 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.69 vs SAU:4071: 3.23

Arabian Contracting Services Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Arabian Contracting Services Co's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Arabian Contracting Services Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Arabian Contracting Services Co Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
1.59 4.16 1.95 3.23

Arabian Contracting Services Co Quarterly Data
Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.87 1.69 1.56 1.68 2.81

Competitive Comparison of Arabian Contracting Services Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, Arabian Contracting Services Co's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Arabian Contracting Services Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Arabian Contracting Services Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Arabian Contracting Services Co's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Arabian Contracting Services Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Arabian Contracting Services Co's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(748.487 + 2278.25) / 937.391
=3.23

Arabian Contracting Services Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(748.487 + 2278.25) / 1077.244
=2.81

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Arabian Contracting Services Co  (SAU:4071) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


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Arabian Contracting Services Co (SAU:4071) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Olaya Towers, Tower B, Floor 33, P.O.Box 55905, Riyadh, SAU, 11544
Arabian Contracting Services Co in setting up and operating outdoor advertising billboards, including roadside advertising and indoor advertising. In roadside advertising, the company participates in the tenders organized by various secretariat, municipalities, and government agencies in all provinces and cities of Saudi Arabia to lease and invest in the many sites belonging to these agencies and secretariat by installing billboards in them and selling these billboards advertising spaces to their clients.

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